Pardee RAND Events

Charles Wolf, Jr. passed away on October 24, 2016. He was 92. Over his 60 years at RAND, Wolf was a teacher, mentor, and friend to countless students, alumni, staff, and professors. He has left behind a tremendous legacy that will be celebrated in memorial services on December 16 and January 26.

Pardee RAND had record breaking representation at this year’s APPAM Conference in Washington, DC from Nov. 3-5. Eleven students presented their work, along with two recent graduates. The school also hosted its annual APPAM reception, and nearly 40 Pardee RAND alumni, students, faculty, staff, and industry professionals reconnected and networked over cocktails.

Alum Brent Fulton (cohort ’01) returned to Pardee RAND on October 18 as part of the Career Development program. He discussed his role as associate director of the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

Dean Marquis met with five alumni (including Jenn Walters, cohort '11) in Berkeley, and five others in Boston, during her trips this fall. Make sure the Development Office knows how to reach you so we can invite you to dinners and other events in your area!

Civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis gave the keynote address at the Pardee RAND Graduate School Commencement on Saturday, June 18. Also honored were Warren Olney, Carolyn Meyers, Joseph Newhouse, and Arthur Brooks.

Josie Gonzales, San Bernardino County Supervisor for the 5th District, was the keynote speaker at the 10th annual L.A. Policy Symposium. The event's theme was "People, Planet, Profits: Policy Solutions for a Changing World" and activities included presentations by policy researchers and practitioners from the L.A. area.

Dr. Adam Levine, primary investigator of the International Medical Corps' Ebola Research Team, visits Pardee RAND on Friday to discuss his organization's efforts in West Africa, including a scoring system he and colleagues developed to triage Ebola patients.

In this Call with the Experts, Alum Jack Riley (cohort '88) discusses the likelihood of Guantanamo Bay detention camp closing before the end of President Obama's term, as well as recommendations on how to fairly and transparently expedite the trials.

The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease that may be linked to brain damage in infants, is emerging as a public health priority. In this Call with the Experts, Prof. Melinda Moore answers questions about Zika and what can be done to prevent its spread.

Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva will consider what is driving the extreme concentration of economic power and what needs to be done to redress the balance so ordinary people will benefit fairly from economic growth.

More than 20 years after world leaders first tried hammering out an accord to tackle climate change, negotiators from 195 nations at the COP21 summit in Paris adopted a agreement that is being hailed as "historic, durable, and ambitious." Professors Robert Lempert and Debra Knopman discuss the agreement and what comes next.

At the next IDSS talk, former Pardee RAND dean Robert Klitgaard will present his most recent monograph for the OECD, Addressing Corruption Together, which addresses the problem of how donors and recipients of foreign aid can work together to take on systemic corruption.

Saugato Datta, managing director at ideas42, partners to design, test, and scale programs that use behavioral economics to benefit poor people in developing countries. In this International Development Speaker Series talk, he will present diagnostic and design insights, as well as results where available from behavioral design projects.

The Los Angeles-based Consuls General of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru discussed the impact of the Pacific Alliance, an initiative with the goal of open markets, free movement of services, goods and people, and complete access to education, employment, and pension systems.

To explore questions confronting the current and future electric power system, Pardee RAND's Cazier Initiative brought together leaders from industry, government, and consumer organizations for an invitation-only symposium.

Indian MP Rajeev Gowda's research examines how corruption influences the elections and policymaking in India. He discussed the effects of the country's reliance on "black money" as part of the 2015-16 IDSS.

The Traditional Grains project held a stakeholder engagement workshop in Kampala, Uganda, on August 18, 2015, to bring together professionals from a wide range of industries. The workshop was structured to be a participatory event, and attendees were encouraged to share their insights and ideas.

In the wake of California's mandate that all schoolchildren be vaccinated regardless of religious or personal beliefs, Pardee RAND Prof. Melinda Moore, senior natural scientist at RAND and a public health physician with 20 years experience at the CDC, addresses concerns about vaccines and personal choice versus public safety.

Harvard's Nathan Nunn examines the descendants of the 17th century Kuba Kingdom in central Africa to understand the effects of the kingdom's level of political development on political and social norms today.

Dr. Robert Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment, presented the keynote speech at the 9th annual L.A. Policy Symposium. The event's theme was "Social Determinants of Health: Non-medical interventions that affect population health" and activities included presentations by policy researchers and practitioners from the LA area, as well as recruiters from the World Bank and United Nations Development Programme.

Each year, the L.A. Policy Symposium brings together graduate students in public policy from across Los Angeles to discuss local and national issues. Students from Pardee RAND, USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, and Claremont organize the event.